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Latest release of Cabinet Office and Prime Ministers’ papers https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/cabinet-office-records-released/

Latest release of Cabinet Office and Prime Ministers' papers - The National Archives
We have digitised 200 files which have been released by the Cabinet Office. This release includes previously retained files from the Prime Minister’s Office covering Tony Blair’s administration. It also includes records from the administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. The files will be available to search in due course via our online catalogue […]

It is July and the best film of the year is still IMHO* Companion.
If you don't mind blood you should check it out. Best not to know anything else though I sort of knew too much but still really loved it.
*The H stands for "humble" (not "honest" though in this case I am) but it actually means that I am arrogant.
#Films

This is a good article on Greater Manchester's transition to publicly managed bus services from the total mess of Thatcher's privatised free market.
This is who's really paying for Greater Manchester's publicly-run bus network - Manchester Evening News

This is who's really paying for Greater Manchester's publicly-run bus network
City region officials have defended the system after a Tory MP said it was "£226 million in the red" in its first year

from my link log —
Why the north of England is poor.
https://tomforth.co.uk/whynorthenglandispoor/
saved 2025-01-25 https://

Strengthening national capability in urban climate science: an Australian perspective
Negin Nazarian, Andy J Pitman, Mathew J Lipson, Melissa A Hart, Helen Cleugh, Ian Harman, Marcus J Thatcher, Annette L Hirsch, Giovanni Di Virgilio, Matthew L Riley, Nigel Tapper, Jason P Evans, Christian Jakob, Pascal Perez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.039…

Strengthening national capability in urban climate science: an Australian perspective
Cities are experiencing significant warming and more frequent climate extremes, raising risks for over 90% of Australians living in cities. Yet many of our tools for climate prediction and projection lack accurate representations of these environments. We also lack the observations and datasets needed to evaluate model performance. This paper identifies critical gaps in Australias current capability, showing how they undermine climate impact and risk assessments in cities and may lead to poorly…